The coin looks real, but the 1,200 mintage figure is fantasy. A more accurate number is likely around 25,000 in my opinion and the reasons for...
An 1891-S Barber quarter is going to be mighty tough to find since they didn't start the Barber quarter series until 1892.
It is unusual to find plated Mercs, unlike plated steel Lincoln cents that are quite common. The coin in the image appears cleaned and/or polished.
Your example is of someone who behaved foolishly. I really don't know what you are attempting to show in this thread.
I'll be in Chicago all week at tables 227 and 326.
It sounds like the dealer was feeding you a bunch of baloney. If the coin were a legitimate MS65 then they would have graded it as such or sent...
A nice coin.
This is a really good response by GDJMSP. The vast majority of both the volume and value of the coins I sell are sold to other dealers. Oddly...
1896.
If it was listed in the last issue of the Numismatist then approximately 30,000 people received the letter in the mail.
The last eight auction records for the 1886 Liberty nickel in problem-free G4 range from $170 to $201 in PCGS or NGC holders with an average...
I understand mintages (and survivorship), but a coin that is corroded, dented to all heck, hairlined out the wazoo and generally aesthetically...
I don't think it's worth very much.
I've never heard of the PNG intern program, but that doesn't mean it can't exist.
Of course there is a chance that they could contain silver, but I doubt that any of them are silver and this includes the Morgan silver round.
Barber coinage can be quite cool. [IMG]
It takes a lot more hard work than it takes money to be a successful, ethical coin dealer. To put it bluntly, most folks do not have the...
Conder101 posted threads on both the NGC and PCGS slab generations on the PCGS boards and perhaps the NGC boards, too, but I do not know of any...
You are in a tough spot. Thankfully, you can participate on the boards without posting images of coins you may own and can also send private...
Listen to Chris.
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